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Blog: Politicians, sales and the lack of sources

BlogpostBy Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, SI February 22, 2021

We have dealt with demeaning responses and complete ignorance. But our fact check journey was a valuable learning experience. And a fun one. Seeking the truth will never get old and it often provides for some great stories. Here is ours. Our world is flooded with information – good and bad, true and false. We…

Blog: Why accurate salary comparisons between government officials are nearly impossible

BlogpostBy Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg, NL April 12, 2019 Leave a comment

Salaries of government officials are always under scrutiny. The payment of EU officials is no exception. ‘Top EU civil servants to pocket salaries over €20,000 a month for the first time’, reads a Telegraph headline from last December. ‘10,000 European Union officials better paid than David Cameron’, wrote the same paper back in 2014. ‘Over…